Cops Fight Over Jurisdiction While Raped Child Waits For Help

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MUMBAI (BOMBAY), INDIA - DECEMBER 03: (ISRAEL OUT) A policeman's silhouette is cast on the ground as a child plays outside the Jewish appartment block, Nariman House, on December, 03, 2008 in Mumbai, India. Two bombs were discovered and defused earlier today by Mumbai police at a train station, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, which was one of the locations attacked by the terrorists. The attacks left almost 200 hundred dead and injured over 300 people. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

MUMBAI — Mumbai police today suspended two officers from two different police stations for wrangling over the 'jurisdiction' and delaying registration of a rape case even as the victim, a five years old girl, awaited medical help.

The victim, resident of suburban Wadala, was allegedly raped by an unidentified man on Tuesday night, but when her family approached the police, they were kept waiting outside the police station for hours as the two officers could not agree as to which police station should register the complaint.

The girl, bleeding, was taken from one police station to another before being finally taken to a hospital, her family members told the media.

"We have formed five teams to nab the culprit and are also looking at the possibility of preparing his sketch," said DCP Ashok Dudhe, adding that a reward of Rs 25,000 would be given to anyone who gives information about the rapist's identity and whereabouts.